''Parole Chicago'' was a German television series directed by

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, starring

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as Eduard "Ede" Bredo, an inept wannabe criminal in

1920s Berlin The Golden Twenties was a particular vibrant period in the history of Berlin. After the Greater Berlin Act the city became the third largest municipality in the world and experienced its heyday as a major world city. It was known for its leadershi ...

. Its entire run of 13 episodes first aired in 1979. The show was loosely based on

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's '' Ruby Martinson'' series of short stories, written from 1957 to 1962.

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* Television shows set in Berlin Television series set in the 1920s 1979 German television series debuts 1979 German television series endings German comedy television series German crime television series Television shows based on short fiction German-language television shows Das Erste original programming {{Germany-tv-prog-stub

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